Derek M Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 HiAs I'll be in France for a few weeks this summer and having just bought a smartphone I was wondering if anyone has any experience of English-French dictionaries on such devices? I've got a Nokia N8 and thinking it would be much better than carrying around a hard copy. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babbles Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I don't know if its available for your phone but I got the collins app for my iphone about £15, also have a translator app but you need to be on wifi which is not always possible but from memory that was free, certainly I would recommend the collins dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Dunno about your phone but I have Larousse English/French dictionary and Systran mobile translator apps on my iPhone and find them invaluable. Both are free standing however if you have an Internet connection Larousse will pronounce words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek M Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Hi, thanks for the responses. I've now tried the demo versions of both Collins and Larousse and for some reason Larousse came up with an error every time I looked up a word, so couldn't trust that software even though I've got one of their hard dictionaries which is very good. Someone else suggested the Oxford-Hachette dictionary which also looks very good. I guess it's between those two at this stage if there are no better ones around. If anyone has any experience of these it would be great to hear about it.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek M Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just to let everyone know I ended up getting a dictionary from the Nokia store made by a company called IdiomaX. I was attracted to it because it comes with an integrated conjugator. Whether it's particularly comprehensive or not remains to be seen but first uses seem good. And at £8 it's not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/basic-french-for-dummies/id373725198?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6is available and worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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